Rock & Roll Birthdays

1969 Jennifer "J.Lo" Lopez, American actress and pop singer (Selena), born in The Bronx, New York

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  • 1948 Steve Goodman, American folk singer and songwriter ("City of New Orleans"; "You Never Even Called Me by My Name"), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1984)
 
  • 1930 David "Junior" Kimbrough, American bluesman, born in Hudsonville, Mississippi (d. 1998)
For a few years the non profit where I work was dabbling in some grant writing getting acts to our small town. One of them was Junior. Great guy. (the drummer was his son when he played for us.)

 
1942 Jerry Garcia, American rock and bluegrass guitarist, singer-songwriter (Grateful Dead - "Uncle John's Band"; "Ripple"; "Brokedown Palace"), and painter, born in San Francisco, California (d. 1995)

 
  • 1937 Garth Hudson, Canadian rock Lowrey organist, accordian player, and saxophonist (The Band - "Chest Fever"; "Up On Cripple Creek"), born in Windsor, Ontario
 
  • 1944 Jim Capaldi, English singer and songwriter (Traffic - "Something So Strong"; "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys"), born in Evesham, Worcestershire, England (d. 2005)
 
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